Abiotic/biotic factors
Which of the following is an abiotic component of an ecosystem
A) soil
B) plants
C)animals
D) Decomposers
What is soil
Organisms that make their own food
What are producers
A series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habitats
What is a food chain
Is equilibrium, or a balance of organisms in an ecosystem
Ecosystem homeostasis
a form of life composed of mutually independent parts
What is an organism
Which of the following is not a biotic factor
A) average rainfall
B) levels of fungi growth
C) competition between bird species
D) Rate of bacterial growth
A) Average rainfall
Define heterotroph
an organism thar gets its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
The position that an organism occupies in a food chain
What is a trophic level
One species In an ecosystem
What is a population
a place or position suitable or appropriate for a person or thing
What is a niche
any nonliving thing in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor
what type of organisms feed on dead plant and animal Matter, breaking it down into simpler substances
What is decomposers
A set of organisms interrelated by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions
What is the food web
Group of different populations
What is a community
the rate at which energy is added to the bodies of a group of organisms
What is productivity
Any living thing in an ecosystem
What is a biotic factor
the 4 different types of heterotrophs
What are carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, and detritivores
Earth and its atmosphere that supports life
What is a biosphere
What is the primary source of energy in most ecosystems
What is sunlight
Group of different populations (all living organisms)
What is a community
True or false
Oxygen is an abiotic factor that all organisms need to survive
False
Plants use carbon dioxide, not oxygen
Organisms that Hunt for food
What is a consumer
Each level passes 10% of energy, 90% loss
What is an ecological pyramid
How is the biodiversity of an ecosystem related to its sustainability
biodiversity of an ecosystem is important because it leads to greater sustainability
What is ecology